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On Sunday 11 November 2012 13:53:44 Joseph S. Myers wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Saturday 10 November 2012 11:57:13 Joseph S. Myers wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > On Friday 09 November 2012 19:24:32 Joseph S. Myers wrote: > > > > > --- a/timezone/version.h > > > > > +++ /dev/null > > > > > > > > add this file to .gitignore so that if someone tries to `git add` it, > > > > they'll get an error ? or do we not expect to do syncs with tzcode > > > > in the future ? > > > > > > Why would anyone try "git add" on this particular file name? > > > > commit 92e4b6a92716f8b2457376291171a6330d072b0d > > Author: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> > > Date: Fri Nov 9 21:20:57 2012 +0000 > > > > Update tzcode to 2012i. > > > > timezone/version.h | 1 + > > I mean, why would anyone do that *in the future, accidentally*? because accidents happen. a single line added to gitignore is a trivial price to pay to help keep people from messing up in the future. > unless upstream tzcode changes its versioning system again so that a > source-code version.h becomes appropriate, in which case a .gitignore > entry for version.h would just mean a make-work extra step in the update > of editing .gitignore. this is hardly significant maintenance overhead for a hypothetical situation that cannot be predicted. -mike
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